Soon, Butler Yang led Liu Yexuan to the villa.

Dong Ba was already standing at the door waiting.

As soon as he saw Liu Yexuan, Dong Ba quickly stretched out his hand and said, "I don't know if Master Ye is here, I have missed the greeting. Please forgive me."

As he said that, he held Liu Yexuan's hand and smiled all over his face.

Liu Yexuan smiled slightly, without any intention of blaming me. He said, "I also took the liberty to disturb me, and I also hope that Master Dong Ba will not dislike me."

Dong Ba was stunned. From Liu Yexuan's mouth, he could see that he had no intention of causing trouble for Dong Ba. Dong Ba continued to smile and invited Liu Yexuan to the villa.

Sitting on the sand, Butler Yang brought the tea, poured Liu Yexuan a cup of tea, and put it in front of him.

Liu Yexuan spoke first, "Master Dong Ba, I have always heard that you are a jade merchant with a unique vision. No matter what kind of jade it is, as long as it passes through your eyes, you can immediately tell the origin and background of this jade, and immediately judge its value. I wonder if this rumor is true?"

Dong Ba smiled and said modestly: "This is all praised by his colleagues in the Tao. In fact, it is not that powerful. You can only see some precious jade."

Liu Yexuan took out a pendant from his arms and handed it to Dong Ba, saying, "Master Dong Ba, please help me see this pendant to see how much it is worth?"

Dong Ba took the pendant from Liu Yexuan's hand. The pendant was only half the size of a palm, but the color was dazzlingly red. Dong Ba looked carefully over and over again, and suddenly his eyes lit up with a surprised expression and asked, "Master Ye, I don't know where did you get this pendant?"

Liu Yexuan smiled slightly and said, "What's wrong with a friend? Mr. Dong Ba, is there any problem with this jade pendant?"

Dong Ba shook his head and said, "There is no problem with the pendant, but the origin of this pendant is unusual."

Liu Yexuan asked, "Why is it unusual?"

Dong Ba raised the pendant in his hand and said, "This pendant is called a chicken blood pendant. It is a type of blood jade. It is a very precious piece of blood jade. It can be said to be priceless."

In fact, Dong Ba did not completely tell Liu Yexuan that the blood jade pendant was related to the blood jade stolen by Fang Shirong.

Dong Ba continued: "When it comes to this chicken blood pendant, there has always been a legend that this chicken blood jade pendant can speak. I wonder if Master Ye has heard of it?"

Liu Yexuan shook her head and asked, "What legend?"

Dong Ba sighed softly and said, "This legend has been a long time ago." After a pause, Dong Ba talked about the legend about this chicken blood jade pendant to Liu Yexuan.

There was a man named Fang Tianqi back then. He was a very eye-catching treasure appraisal expert. He could tell whether the gold, stone and jade were real or not, whether it was worth it at a glance. One morning, Fang Tianqi put on a bag on his back, said goodbye to his wife, and went to the countryside to Taobao. When his business was cold, he liked to pretend to be a fortune teller and travel around. When he was lucky, he picked up a vacancy and earned some money.

One evening, Fang Tianqi had to calculate his fortune in a village at the foot of Mangshan Mountain and asked the people who were watching the fun, who had the older generation who had to sell jade and jade, and if there were any, he would pay a very high price to buy it. At this time, a very young man in the crowd said to an old man beside him: "Uncle Wei, don't your family have a blood jade pendant from the ancestors? Take it out and let him see it."

Following everyone's eyes, they immediately focused on an old man who looked a little vicissitudes. Fang Tianqi learned from others that the old man who looked very old was Old Man Wei, and his wife had just passed away not long ago. They had never had children and lived in a difficult and poor life.

At first, Old Man Wei didn't want to take out the blood jade pendant heirloom from his family, but later he couldn't resist the urge to everyone. There was no way, so he had to take out the blood jade pendant from his neck.

Fang Tianqi took it from the old man and saw it, and was happy. This was a good thing, but I don’t know if any of these people know anything. Someone asked Fang Tianqi how much the blood jade pendant is worth?

Fang Tianqi did not immediately answer this person's words, but introduced them to the identification of jade: "This blood jade pendant is actually an ordinary chicken blood stone. The valuable chicken blood stone is bright red in color, commonly known as "blood activation". The blood volume cannot be too much. Six or seven becomes a treasure. Moreover, the blood shape is distinctive. Although the pendant is bright red in color and the carved chicken-shaped zodiac is lifelike, the blood volume is too large and there is no blood shape. Moreover, there is a hole on the back of the chicken, which is hollow inside, so it is not worth much."

After listening to Fang Tianqi's introduction, everyone nodded as if they understood. The person who asked him the price just now became impatient and asked him how much he was worth?

Fang Tianqi smiled slightly and said, "Although this pendant is not valuable, it is considered an unusual thing because it is a bloodstone. The market price is twenty taels of silver."

Although twenty taels of silver are not a lot, in this remote mountain village, it is a considerable amount of property. When the group heard this, they were a little envious of Old Man Wei for having such a good treasure.

Fang Tianqi glanced at Old Man Wei and was not moved when he saw Old Man Wei. It seemed that the price he said was not cold at all. Fang Tianqi himself really wanted Old Man Wei's chicken blood pendant, and he began to think about how to let Old Man Wei sell him the chicken blood pendant.

In fact, Old Man Wei’s blood jade pendant can be worth 60 taels of silver, but Fang Tianqi didn’t want to spend too much silver to buy it. In that case, he wouldn’t make much money. Without money, he would not be willing to make a move. Professional people know that buying and selling antiques and jade and other things is about eyesight and wisdom. He cannot make too high a bid for the first time.

Old Man Wei took his own chicken blood pendant from Fang Tianqi, hung it around his neck, and turned around to leave. Fang Tianqi quickly called Old Man Wei and said, "Old man, is this stone sold? Look, you are old and it's useless to keep it. Why not sell it to me? I'll add ten taels of silver to you, which is the highest price."

Old Man Wei turned around and said with a sad expression: "This stone is my wife's dowry. If I sell it now, I will not be able to hand over to my wife after I die."

"Give fifty taels of silver, I'll ask Mr. Wei to sell the stone to you!" At this time, a strong man with a big waist suddenly spoke. Fang Tianqi thought to himself that if he bought it with fifty taels of silver, he wouldn't have much oil or water to make, but then he thought again, maybe this transaction would make luck.

Fang Tianqi gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement. However, Old Man Wei did not listen to the strong man's words at all. No matter how strong man persuaded him, he would just not sell him, which made the strong man particularly embarrassed.

Someone in the crowd was whispering that Old Man Wei was too unreasonable. Old Man Wei suddenly stumbled on his head and said angrily that he wanted to buy his blood jade pendant, one hundred taels of silver, and one son was not enough to lose.

Fang Tianqi was amused when he heard this. It seemed that he had met a strange man this time. He smiled and said, "Old man, you really have you. It seems that you are a big expert. Have you ever heard of the saying that blood jade is connected to the spirit? Your jade can be connected to the spirit. One hundred taels of silver is not too much, but I don't have that much money. When I save enough money, I will buy it again. You have to keep it well!"

Old Man Wei asked for a price too high, and Fang Tianqi was angry, so he deliberately slandered him.

When Fang Tianqi rushed back to the town to settle down, it was completely dark. After this day of fatigue, Fang Tianqi felt exhausted and fell asleep as soon as he lay on the bed. When he got up the next day, it was already noon. Before he could finish washing, he suddenly broke into several vicious yamen runners from outside and tied him up without saying a word.

Soon, Fang Tianqi was taken to the yamen. The county magistrate was promoted to the court to investigate the case. At this time, Fang Tianqi finally understood what was going on. It turned out that last night, Old Man Wei was strangled to death at home with a rope, and the blood jade pendant was unknown. There was a compass used by Fang Tianqi to divine at the scene of the crime, and the captain also found a red rope for jade tied outside the inn where Fang Tianqi lived.

All these evidences pointed the murderer at Fang Tianqi, which made him difficult to argue.

Fang Tianqi never expected that a prank of his own would cause a catastrophe. Fang Tianqi shouted for justice, but the county magistrate did not listen to his defense at all. Old Man Wei's neighbor and the inn boss could not prove his innocence, so the situation was getting worse and worse.

The county magistrate is a confused official, and Fang Tianqi had heard of it. Now he steals treasures and kills people, which is a big matter that will cause his head to lose his mind. He dare not be careless at all. Facing the county magistrate's aggressive interrogation, Fang Tianqi appealed reasonably, saying that someone stole treasures and killed people, and deliberately framed him. But the county magistrate was not willing to listen to his defense. He slapped the auspicious tree and asked him to hand over the blood jade pendant, otherwise he would be punished.

Fang Tianqi was knowledgeable and knew that the torture instruments in the yamen were so powerful that his weak body could not tolerate the torture of torture. And he also realized that the county magistrate had already determined that he was the murderer. If he didn't find a way to save himself, he might become a tragic devil. Suddenly, a bold adventure plan formed in his mind.

The county magistrate was about to give an order, but Fang Tianqi suddenly smiled and said loudly: "I want to talk to you alone. It is unfair to have a case trial without asking about it!"

The tone and expression had a deep meaning. The county magistrate was shocked by Fang Tianqi's behavior. He thought to himself whether this person was a person with background. If it was true, then he had to act carefully. So the county magistrate announced a retrial the next day.
Chapter completed!